Bale-tie



(N0 Mode J. A,TIPPIT.

BALE TIE.

N0. 314,753. Patented Mm. 31, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFICE.

JAMES A. TIPPI'I, OF CARROLLS PRAIRIE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OB ONE-I-IALF T GEORGE W. RANDOLPH, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BALE-TIE.

SPEC'IPICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 314,753, dated March 31, 1885.

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T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known the-t I, JAMES A. TIPPI'I, a citizen of the United States, residing et Carr011s P1airie, in the county 0f Hopkins, and

State of Texas, h2we invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties; and I d0 dec1are the following t0 be a ful1, elear, and exaet deseription ot' the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art 130 whieh it appertains t0 make and nse the sarne, reference being had t0 the accompztnying dmwings, and to the 1etters and figures ot' reference marked thereon, whieh form Et part 0f this speeifiezttion.

My invention re1ates toimprovements in baJe-ties, hzwing for its object the provision of a tie or bnckle specially adapted for serviee in conneetion with a wire or r0d, and 0ne whieh Shell be simple and durable in eonstruction, effeetive in operation, and eheap of mannfaeture; and the invention eonsists 0f a buckle 01 tie consisting of a base-plate having one 01" more projeetions or hooks 011 its faee, t0 0ne 0f whieh is pennanently seeured 12 0ne end 0f the wire dr band, whi1e the other end is passed aronnd the bale and secured t0 the opposite hook 0r projection, snbstantially as hereinafter more fu1ly deseribed, and par ticularly pointed 0nt in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a t0p p1an view of nny improved bale-tie With the rod 01' wire secured theneto. Figs. 2 and 3 are side and end elevations, respeetively, 0f the tie or buekle; and Fig. 4 is a eross-section 0f the 55 buckle 0n the line x x 0f Fig. l.

Referring 10 the drztwings, in which like 1ike letters 0f reference indioate 1ike Parts, A designates the tie or buck1e, and B the band, preferably a r0d or round wire, passed around 0 a bal'e of hay, cotton, &e., one end of which is rigidly secured, as et b, to one 0f the hooks 0r projections of the buckle, whi1e the other end, after being passed aronnd the bale, is formed er bent around the adjacent projection, as hereinafter described.

The tie er buckle A consists 0f a base-plate, A, preferably rectangnlar in shape, made in one piece, and provided with hooks er projections a a, spaced apartlongitudinally, and divided into two sets by a eentral transverse opening, c, es shown in Figs. 1 a.nd 2. The' hooks 0r proj ections are provided with curved 01 rounded upper and side faees, as at cwhile the inner adjaeent ends of eaeh Set of hooks, whieh are separated by the opening c, are beveled, as 2tt d, whereby the r0d er wire will 'elosely 01 snugly fit thehook to wbic-h it is seenred, and thereby be prevented frorn becoming disengaged. The plate A is provided with longitudinal grooves e, f0rnned therein 6c between the hooks a, the ourve 0f the latter meeting the lower end of the curve of the sides of the hooks a a, thereby providing a continuonsly-eurved surfacezts shown in Figs.

3 and 4, in which the rod 01 wire is adapted t0 fit.

Modificetions in the form and proportion 0f parts ean be made without departing from the principle 01 sacrifioing the advantages 0f n1y invention, the essential features of whieh 7c will be readily understood.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I clairn es new, 2tnd desire t0 secure by Letters Patent, i's

1. A bale-tie eonsisting of a pI-ate having undercut projections or hooks in the Same longitudinal plane and a r0d 01 band, substantially es and f0r the purpose set forth.

2. In eombination With a band 01 rod, a tie consisting of a base-plate having a series 0f undercut projeetions 0r hooks spaced apart, substantially es and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a bale-tie, the eombination, With a band 012 rod, of a tie consisting of abase-plate having a series of projections 01 hooks spaced 8 5 apart longitudinally and divided into two Sets by a transverse passage,snbstantiall y es shown and deseribed.

In testimony whereof I affix nny signature in presence 0f two witnesses.

JAMES A. TIPPIT.

\7Vitnessesz J. J. MILLS, W. A, SMITII. 

